It is named for Francisco E. Fonseca, a Cuban-born cigar maker who later moved to New York, became an American citizen and began producing cigars there as well. He was known as an innovator in the cigar industry, coming up with the idea to wrap his cigars both in a tin foil tube as well as a style of Japanese paper, both of which were to protect the cigars from damage.

The new blend is made exclusively of Nicaraguan tobacco, with a shade grown corojo 99 rosado wrapper the only disclosed leaf in the blend.